Beyond Opinion by Ravi Zacharias
Beyond Opinion is a collection of essays by the author and various members of his staff. The aim of the book is to provide practical answers to contemporary challenges to the faith. A valuable section of this book aids the reader in understanding the questions behind those challenges and then equips the reader to not only know, but to live out the answers.
The best introduction to the tone of this book is this quote of Ravi Zacharias from the Introduction:
Sometime in the 1980′s, Christians in the West began to label evangelistic techniques and reconfigure church services to reduce the message to the lowest level of cognition of the audience. As nobly intentioned as that was, the end result was the lowest level of writing and gospel preaching one could imagine. Mass media was brought to aid this purpose, and before long evangelicals were seen to be masters in entertainment and minimalists in thought.
The variety of authors and their diverse cultural, professional and educational backgrounds make this a very engaging book. It will challenge you to think through the issues surrounding living out the Christian faith in a modern world in a practical and compelling manner. This book is an excellent introduction to and survey of modern apologetics. It will likely be a bit “deeper” than what many Christians are used to reading but, referring again to the author’s quote above, I can’t help but think that this is the purpose of this timely book.
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Matt is a husband, father, pastor and teacher who trusts Jesus with all his heart. He is the Pastor of Living Faith Christian Church in Collingwood, Ontario. He is engaged in a passionate pursuit of Truth. 


